Anthony Watts, senior fellow for energy and environment at The Heartland Institute, explains the role of economics in protecting the environment. This is the first video of several that will explain chapters of "Climate Change Reconsidered II: Fossil Fuels," the latest volume from the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC).

Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara was a guest on Fox & Friends on Sept. 19, 2018 to explan why President Trump, and not a whining Obama, deserves all the credit. Ferrara got the call to be on the show becasue of his piece in the Wall Street Journal titled "Why the 'Obama Recovery' Took So Long."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-obama-recovery-took-so-long-1536619545?
See more writing by Peter Ferrara and learn more about The Heartland Institute at the link below.
https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/peter-ferrara

Over America's history, what would be the difference in take-home pay under free-market and progressive economic policies?
Robert J. Genetski asked this question, crunched the numbers, and the results will surprise you!

Barrack Obama called income inequality the trying issue of our time. Yaron Brook, chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute, completely disagrees.
Is income inequality the problem, or is it cronyism and systems the keep the poor from working up the economic ladder?

Sen. David Leyonhjelm, the only true libertarian in the Australian Parliament – a man many call the Ron Paul of the political scene Down Under – speaks at The Heartland Institute on April 12, 2017. The stop at Heartland was part of his week-long trip to the United States.

Jeffrey Tucker is the Chief Liberty Officer and
founder of Liberty.me, the global liberty
community with advanced social and
publishing features. He is Director of Digital Development for the Foundation for Economic Education, executive editor of Laissez-Faire Books, research fellow at the Acton Institute, policy advisor of the Heartland Institute, founder of the Crypto Currency Conference, member of the editorial board of the Molinari Review, an advisor to the blockchain application builder Factom, and author of five books.

On April 3, 2016, The Heartland Institute’s Author Series featured F.H. Buckley, author and foundation professor at George Mason University School of Law with his eye-opening, recently published book titled, “The Once and Future King: The Rise and Fall of Crown Government.”
Buy "The Way Back" on Amazon today: https://www.amazon.com/Way-Back-Restoring-Promise-America/dp/1594038570/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467314914&sr=8-1&keywords=the+way+back+buckley

For eight years whenever you read or heard the word economy in relation to the United States it was preceded by the word sluggish. Well that was what the media wanted you to think and it has held back American industry from expanding for fear that another shoe would drop as a result of the doom and gloom forecasts. But the evidence is strongly to the contrary as the real economic indicators point to a very health recovery that has been slow and steady for all those eight years. Jay Lehr, Science Director of the The Heartland Institute explains in this video what the facts really are to support a very optimistic view of the future of the US economy.

The Austrian Economics Center’s 2016 Free Market Road Show U.S. will cover six cities: Chicago, Illinois; Bloomington, Indiana; San Francisco, California; Dallas, Texas; New York, New York; and Miami, Florida.
PANELS
Please join us on Thursday, March 31 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Heartland Institute for two panel discussions:
Panel 1. The Role of the State and the American Dream
Much of the world applauds and embraces socialism. Is the United States moving in that direction? Is the American Dream still alive? What is the appropriate role of the state in a responsible society?
Panel 2. Freedom and Responsibility
In an age of urbanization and growing populations, is the free movement of people a sustainable option? Do personal responsibility and freedom matter?
SPEAKERS
Federico N. Fernández is a senior fellow with the Austrian Economics Center (Vienna, Austria) and founder and president of Fundación Bases (Rosario, Argentina).
Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson is a professor of political science at the University of Iceland and a frequent commentator on current affairs in the Icelandic media. He is best known as a controversial spokesman for free-market policies and classic liberalism.
Barbara Kolm is president of the Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institute in Vienna, Austria and director of the Austrian Economics Center. Kolm is an associate professor of Austrian economics at the University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro and a member of the board of Business Consultants of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and a member of the Mont Pélerin Society. She is president of the European Center for Economic Growth.
Karl-Peter Schwarz is a well-known journalist currently engaged at one of the most important newspapers in the German-speaking area, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His main area of interest is economic policy in South-East Europe. During his career he also served as a long-term editor in chief of Austria’s best known daily, Die Presse. Besides his sound knowledge of the economic situation in Europe, Schwarz is an expert on Austrian economics.

The third covers how some states have approached fundamental tax reform in their states, tax increases on hotels and “sin” products, and spending reforms. Speaking on this panel are Heartland Director of Government Relations John Nothdurft; Georgia State Senator Judson Hill (R-Marietta); American Legislative Exchange Council Director Jonathan Williams; and John Locke Foundation Vice President Becki Gray.

The forth panel covers the question of whether to restore spending cuts or cut taxes to help encourage continued economic growth and how states are facing these budget and tax issues. Speaking on this panel are Cascade Policy Institute President Steve Buckstein, State Budget Solutions President Bob Williams, and Arizona State Senate Majority Leader Andy Biggs. Moderating this panel is Idaho Freedom Foundation Expert Fred Birnbaum.